Prevent Recipients From Appearing In Address Lists

Although all recipients appear in Exchange address lists by default, you can prevent a recipient from appearing in your Exchange organization's address lists. You cannot select the address lists the recipient does not appear in. If you select the Hide group from Exchange address lists option, the recipient will be hidden from all address lists.

To prevent a recipient from appearing in address lists:

1. Start Active Directory Users and Computers
   On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
2. In Active Directory Users and Computers, on the View menu, click Advanced Features.
3. In the console tree, expand the Windows 2000 domain. Double-click Users, or double-click the node that contains the recipient information you want to modify.
4. In the details pane, double-click the recipient who you want to prevent from appearing in address lists.
5. On the Exchange Advanced tab, perform one of the following tasks:

   To prevent a mailbox-enabled user, or mail-enabled user and contact, from appearing in address lists, select the Hide from Exchange address lists check box.

   - or -

   To prevent a mail-enabled group from appearing in address lists, select the Hide group from Exchange address lists check box.

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